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Table 3 Descriptive statistics for food ratings, ideal portion size, expected satiety, and expected satiation. Mean (SD) is reported

From: Testing an online measure of portion size selection: a pilot study concerned with the measurement of ideal portion size

Variable

Collapsed across foodsa

Granola

Chicken chow mein

Salted crisps

Madeira sponge cake

Chocolate buttons

Skittles

Food liking (100mm)

67.6 (12.3)

58.6 (31.4)

68.7 (27.9)

70.9 (26.8)

63.1 (24.7)

76.7 (24.2)

67.4 (25.8)

Food familiarity (100mm)

70.4 (17.3)

70.8 (28.2)

66.2 (29.3)

74.6 (26.9)

60.3 (31.8)

74.9 (28.9)

75.5 (30.1)

Desire to eat (100mm)

43.7 (17.2)

30.7 (30.9)

46.6 (35.9)

45.6 (31.8)

44.5 (32.9)

52.9 (34.9)

41.9 (30.7)

Expected satiation (100mm)

53.9 (17.5)

68.9 (28.2)

86.0 (13.9)

54.8 (29.5)

41.4 (27.8)

40.4 (30.0)

32.0 (29.7)

Expected satiety (kcal)

460.3 (233.7)

363.4 (205.5)

392.7 (266.9)

405.7 (251.4)

599.6 (289.8)

459.1 (271.9)

541.6 (344.2)

Ideal portion size (kcal)

281.7 (133.5)

239.8 (156.5)

316.6 (235.0)

266.1 (237.5)

462.3 (292.6)

256.1 (211.9)

250.4 (269.2)

  1. aCollapsed across foods by averaging scores for individual items